Re: Patent issues and 8.1

Jan Wieck wrote:

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>> No, as an 8.0.x is mean to be for minor changes/fixes/improvements 
>> ... 'addressing a patnt conflict', at least in ARC's case, is a major 
>> change, which is why we are looking at a short dev cycle for 8.1 ...
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> Then we better make sure that 8.0 -> 8.1 does not require dump&reload. 
> However unlikely we judge the patent problem to actually bite people, 
> we cannot force 8.0.x users into a dump&reload upgrade by not 
> providing a backport when it happens.
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There was some mention of an upgrade tool which would avoid the need for 
a dump/restore - did that idea die?

cheers

andrew